Peanut Butter Snowballs Recipe (2024)

Dec 14, 2019 · Modified: Jan 26, 2022 by Rose Atwater · This post may contain affiliate links · 59 Comments

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Peanut Butter Snowballs. These peanut butter balls are easy to make, rolled in powdered sugar and uniquely have the extra added texture of graham crackers in the dough! They're also fun to make with kids!

Do you ever suddenly remember a recipe from childhood? Something you haven't made or eaten in ages... or even thought about? For me - it's these Peanut Butter Snowballs.

Growing up we actually just called them Peanut Butter Balls. But since I'm sharing these around Christmas and in the winter and they actually look a little like snowballs... I thought I'd change up the name!

What triggered my memory? Pinterest, of course.

I'm always seeing recipes for Chocolate Dipped Peanut Butter Balls or Buckeyes if you will. And when reading through one of those recipes a while back, I had a flashback to childhood.

I remembered mixing peanut butter and graham cracker crumbs.... and rolling them in powdered sugar.

I searched and searched and never could find the recipe until I was talking to a friend about it one day and she said she had a similar recipe.

The Peanut Butter Balls Recipe!!

Sure enough, after reading through her recipe, I knew it was very close to what we used to make! I don't know if most (or any) Buckeyes have graham cracker crumbs in the recipes. But I can tell you for sure that the added texture really makes thesePeanut Butter Snowballs stand out!

So the next time I went to Walmart, I grabbed all of the ingredients I needed. Bonus... there are only 4 ingredients! This recipe is so easy-peasy!

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I have a confession... I was home alone with my baby boy Asher the day I made these. He asked if he could help me and I almost said no, but then I decided I really wanted to be a "yes" mommy!

We had the very best time working together on these... making memories and laughing and getting messy and laughing some more!

Asher absolutely loved scooping the dough - he insisted on scooping it all then handing them to me to roll... and when it got to be powdered sugar time, he really didn't want me to help 😉

Once you have them all rolled and coated in powdered sugar, chill them again until ready toeat!

If you need a last-minute Christmas treat that is easy and delicious... give this recipe a try! I bet you can't get them in the fridge without sneaking a bite!

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Peanut Butter Snowballs

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Author: Rose
Total Time: 1 hour
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These Peanut Butter Snowballs are easy to make, uniquely rolled in powdered sugar and have the extra added texture of graham crackers in the dough! They're a perfect snack or dessert and SUPER fun to make with kids!

Ingredients

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1 lb. + 1 cup powdered sugar, divided
2 cups SKIPPY® Natural Creamy Peanut Butter
2 sticks salted butter, softened
1 ¾ cup graham cracker crumbs (or crushed graham crackers)

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Instructions

To make them, start by mixing together the softened butter and 1 pound of powdered sugar. Then add in the SKIPPY® Natural Creamy Peanut Butter and the graham cracker crumbs.
Mix again until thoroughly combined. I used my hand mixer but you might also have to dig in with your hands if it's too thick for your mixer! Next, roll the dough into 1" balls. I used a small cookie scoop to get mine uniform!
If you do 1" balls, you should get around 6 dozen! After they're all rolled out, chill them in the freezer for about 20 minutes, then spread out the extra 1 cup of powdered sugar in a shallow dish and roll the balls in the powdered sugar.
Once you have them all rolled and coated in powdered sugar, chill them again until ready to eat!

Prep Time: 1 hour
Category: Dessert
Method: None
Cuisine: American

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Rose Atwater is the founder and cake decorator behind Rose Bakes. She is baker, cake decorator, author, wife to Richy and homeschooling mommy to 6 wonderful kiddos! Her work has been featured in American Cake Decorating Magazine, Cakes Decor, Pretty Witty Cakes Magazine, Huffington Post and Cake Geek Magazine. Learn more here...

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Lisa D
December 30, 2015 at 1:30 pm
Oh man! These look awesome. I made several batches of the snowball cookies at Christmas. I would love to try these. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Lisa
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- Rose Atwater
  December 30, 2015 at 1:35 pm
  Thank you! Happy New Year!
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Helene
December 31, 2015 at 6:45 pm
Hi Rose,
Just wanted to know what is the weight of the butter, I am in Australia and out sticks of butter are 250grams/8.8 oz each... which seems like a lot of butter if I use 2 🙂 will be making these next week 🙂
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- Rose Atwater
  January 01, 2016 at 12:04 am
  A stick of butter in the US is 4 oz. so you'll need 8 oz. of butter.
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Christie
January 06, 2016 at 11:14 am
I love the addition of the graham cracker crumbs! (and the peanut butter:)
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- Rose Atwater
  January 06, 2016 at 11:30 am
  Thanks Christie! xx
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Marie
August 10, 2016 at 6:47 am
These look absolutely delicious! I love peanut butter and the graham cracker crumbs are super smart. Thanks for sharing your recipe with us at Merry Monday this week!
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Brett Martin
August 30, 2016 at 12:26 pm
Thanks so much for joining us at Delicious Dishes! We love your Peanut Butter Snowballs recipe and hope you’ll join us again this week!
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chris
September 30, 2016 at 9:11 am
do you have to keep them in the refrigerator?
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- Rose
  October 01, 2016 at 12:26 am
  Nope 🙂
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Jessi
December 05, 2016 at 2:54 pm
Could these be frozen?
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- Rose
  December 05, 2016 at 6:06 pm
  I've never frozen them but I don't see why it wouldn't work!
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Anastasia Gocke-O'Brien
January 08, 2017 at 8:19 pm
OH MY GOSH!!!!! The SAME THING happened to me!!!!! I remember bringing home a book in 1st grade with this recipe (or something similar) and recently I remembered them but couldn't for the LIFE of me find the recipe! I knew it didn't have chocolate but that's all I could find. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING!!!!!
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Kathy
June 26, 2017 at 11:20 am
I think when I make these I may add some mini chocolate chips.
How long do they "look pretty" ? I'm thinking that the powdered sugar may sorta dissolve into the cookie ..... or do they stay covered well?
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- Rose
  June 27, 2017 at 8:40 pm
  They stay covered well for quite awhile!
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Cheryl
September 03, 2017 at 1:03 am
How many cups of powdered sugar is in 1 lb?
Thank you.
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- Rose
  September 04, 2017 at 1:43 pm
  Approximately 3 3/4 cups.
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  - Cheryl
    September 04, 2017 at 5:12 pm
    Thank you so much. I'm excited to try these.
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    - Rose
      September 05, 2017 at 12:30 am
      You're welcome 🙂
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Nancy
November 10, 2017 at 6:03 pm
Look so good & easy. Will be making these at xmas time thx
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- Rose
  November 11, 2017 at 11:38 am
  Awesome - I hope you love them as much as we do!
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  - Lawrence
    November 17, 2017 at 1:20 pm
    How much graham crackers to use?.... The way it was written is kind of throwing me off a bit.
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    - Rose
      November 17, 2017 at 8:26 pm
      1 cup + 3/4 cup
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Beth
November 20, 2017 at 6:33 am
Do they have to stay chilled?
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- Rose
  November 21, 2017 at 11:29 am
  No, they're fine at room temp!
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Aaro
December 11, 2017 at 12:01 pm
do you have to use natural peanutbutter?
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- Rose
  December 11, 2017 at 9:14 pm
  Nope - any peanut butter you choose will work great!
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Meredith
December 13, 2017 at 11:03 am
Do you think you could dip them in chocolate instead of rolling them in the powdered sugar?
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- Rose
  December 14, 2017 at 10:49 am
  Absolutely!
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June Banks
December 20, 2017 at 6:39 am
I used to make these as a kid, with rice crispies in them - great texture! But I could not make them much as an adult as my son was allergic to peanuts. Now that he is grown and moving out, I look forward to making a few batches. We did make other fun, messy memories.
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- Kim Gallagher
  January 16, 2018 at 10:32 pm
  Yes, we also made them with rice krispies but then rolled them in a liquid mixture (I think it was powdered sugar, milk and vanilla?) We them rolled them in coconut! Yuuuuumm
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JULA
December 20, 2017 at 9:46 am
I make "buckeyes" every year....I'm so gonna try this. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE ME SOME PEANUT BUTTER!
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Lori
January 21, 2018 at 2:26 pm
I'm going to try and roll them in Nestle Quick chocolate powder. Hope it turns out
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- Susan
  January 23, 2018 at 8:23 am
  Sounds like a good idea! Let us know how you like that variation.
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Rebecca Williams
August 29, 2018 at 4:58 am
Hi Rose,
When you made these as child, were you using natural peanut butter?
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- Rose
  September 06, 2018 at 4:46 pm
  No - Mama usually just bought the store brand of regular peanut butter.
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Barbara G McWilliams
May 23, 2019 at 9:09 pm
When I was in elementary school the lady in the kitchen made these. She lived around the corner from my house so I got an extra treat by going over to see her on the weekends and we made these. I have looked for a recipe for years and this sounds like what she made. Cant wait to try it. Thanks for sharing
Barbara
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- Susan
  May 24, 2019 at 2:21 pm
  Hi Barbara! What a wonderful memory. Hope you enjoy them!
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Janice Koch-Lumpkin
December 14, 2019 at 10:49 am
there is no recipe
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- Rose
  December 18, 2019 at 1:25 am
  Usually that means you're using an ad blocker.
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Rose Martine
January 23, 2020 at 3:12 am
This looks so delicious! I am definitely going to try this one!
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Janie
December 22, 2020 at 7:31 am
These cookies are delicious!! I doubled the recipe and rolled part in confectioners sugar and part in crushed peanuts and part in cocoa powder. Going to try red and green granulated sugar next.
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Harold Burton
June 15, 2021 at 11:01 pm
Just wanted to say thanks for this recipe. I enjoy the firecracker chicken and having just attempted this for the first time, I have to say it tastes 99% the same! Would have never been able to figure out how to make it myself!
Harold Burton
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Tom
December 02, 2021 at 3:50 pm
72 is too much for a family of 2 so could you convert the recipe to make a yield of 12?
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- Susan
  December 03, 2021 at 2:42 pm
  I halved the recipe twice which should come out to around 18 balls.
  1 1/4 cup powdered sugar
  1/2 cup peanut butter
  1/2 stick butter
  7 tablespoons graham cracker crumbs
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Casey Cottier
December 06, 2023 at 7:56 pm
i doubled the recipe and used exact measurements but they melt into blobs at roo. temperature. I don't understand why. only thing I did is I did butter and peanut butter then added powder sugar instead of sugar to butter the peanut butter. could that be the culprit?
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Rose Atwater
December 06, 2023 at 9:41 pm
Um, maybe?! Some recipes don't work as well when doubled. Also, did you happen to use all-natural peanut butter? It also seems to be softer and might cause that.
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Peanut Butter Snowballs Recipe (2024)

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